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No. 6lD,338. Patented Sept. 6, I898. H. A. AMES.

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,HELEN A. AMES, OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,338, datedSeptember 6, 1898.

Application filed October 6 1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HELEN A. AMEs, a citi zen of the United States,residing in Brook-. line, in the county of Norfolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Remailable Tag andPackage-Securing Device, of which the following is a specification.

This is a contrivance adapted to be adhesively applied to a package andto receive a reversible tag, which tag has provision for being tied tothe package and also for tying up securely the package itself. When thepackage is forwarded by the original sender, the tag is properlyaddressed, slipped into the sheath, which is adhesively secured to thepackage, and the cord which extends from the tag is used to tie aroundthe package. Suitable provision is made for a postagestamp, directionsto the postmaster, 850. After the package has been delivered in case itis to be returned the tag is withdrawn from its sheath and reversed,thus bringing into view the name of the sender, which is printed on thereverse side. The cord isagain used for tying up the package, which isthen in condition for being remailed. The device is especially adaptedfor use by merchants who mail samples, &c., of merchandise, all or aportion of which are to be returned by the customer.

The nature of the invention is fully described in detail below andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of my device. Fig. 2 is a similar view taken from therear. Fig. 3 is a view of the rear side of the tag removed. Fig. 4 is arear perspective View of a modification.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a tag, to one end of which is attached a cord B, ofsufficient length to securely tie up an ordinary mailable package. Onone side, Fig. 1, of this tag are blank lines for an address and aninclosed space a for the stamp. On the other side, Fig. 3, is the nameof the sender and an inclosed space ct for the postage-stamp.

G is a flat sheath provided with an open end at G and a rectangularopening at 0 large enough to exhibit the address contained Serial No-654,214-.. (No model.)

in the sheath. At one end of the front side are directions to thepostmaster, and at the upper portion of the same side are the wordsReverse tag for remailing or words of similar import. The rear surface 0of the sheath is coated with mucilage or other ad hesive substance. j

When the merchant desires to send out goods through the mail forinspection and subject to being returned, he sticks the rear side of thesheath 0 to the package, slips in the tag A with the address uppermost,as shown in Fig. 1, and ties up the package with the cord B, saidcord'operatingto secure the tag to the package and hold the tag withinthe sheath, as well as to tie the package. The recipient or customerunfastens the cord,

thusuntying the package, and after examining the goods, if desiring toreturn more or less of them, reverses the tag, as in Fig. 3, and slipsit into the sheath with the rear side (which contains the name of themerchant) uppermost, and then ties up the package as before and remailsit.

In Fig. 4 the rear side of the sheath has an opening D, similar to theopeningIO on the front side, such rear side being provided with anadhesive substance, as in Fig. 2.

Preferably suitable notches E are formed in the open end of the sheathfor convenience in Withdrawing the tag and for accommodating the cord.

It will readily be seen that by means of this contrivance the return bythe customer of the package is facilitated, as all the customer has todo is simply to reverse the tag, stamp it, and to tie the card extendingfrom said tag around the package.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described combined remailable tag and package-securingdevice, consisting of the flat sheath 0 open at one edge and closed atthe other edges, provided on its upper or outer side with the opening 0and with suflicient surface around the edge of said opening forreceiving directions to the postmaster and recipient, the rear or underside of said sheath being coated with adhesive substance whereby thesame may be secured to the package; the reversible direction-tag Ahaving provision on one side for the address of the recipient and withthe other side having inscribed thereon the address of the sender, saidtag being adapted to be inserted in and Withdrawn from the sheath; andthe cord 13 secured to the outer end of said tag and of sufficientlength to securely tie up the package to which the sheath is adhesivelyapplied and thus secure the tag to the package and at the same time hold[0 it in position Within the sheath, substantially as described.

HELEN A. AMES. Witnesses:

HENRY WILLIAMs, A. N. BONNEY.

